Court Rejects Argument that Claimant Was Not an Employee

The North Carolina Court of Appeals rejected a contractor's contention that a laborer whose hand was crushed while on a job site was not an employee because the supervisor who asked the claimant to work had no authority to make hiring decisions.Case: Campos-Brizuela v. Rocha Masonry and Builders Mutual Insurance Co., COA10-1571, 10/04/2011.Facts: Felipe Quintero, an employee of Rocha Masonry, hired Nelson Campos-Brizuela to work on a project spreading concrete at Caleb's Creek Elementary School in Kernersville, N.C. On his second day of work, Campos-Brizuela's hand was crushed and ...